Hungarian Aerospace Cluster

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Contact

Mihaly Hideg
Jeges st.9
Hungary
+36 30 3748145
+36 1 2941351
hidegmihaly(at)gmail.com

Website

HAC - Hungarian Aerospace Cluster

Cluster Description

Facts & Figures

Number of companies	23 (all SMEs)
Number of employees	1,200
Number of research institutes	none
Other cluster members	50% engineering and product development (aircraft and systems)
	50% part manufacturing

Cluster Management

Organizational form	Non-legal entity managed by HAIF which is a legal entity (Hungarian Aviation Industry Foundation)
Financing	member fees
	public funding from national source
	project funding

Main Actors

Main industry actors	Corvus Aircraft Ltd.
	Halley Ltd.
	Avana Industries Ltd.
	Idea Aircraft Ltd.
	eConEngineering Ltd.
	CAD-Terv Ltd.
	Calaluna Ltd.
	Naturen Ltd.
	Dendrit Ltd.
	Elektro-Metall Ltd.
	Borsodi Műhely Ltd.
	Hungaerotech Ltd.
	ELTEC Holding
	Technoplast Ltd.
	Varinex Plc.
Main research institutes

Cluster Competences and Strategy

Strengths & Competences

composite manufacturing (sport and general aviation aircraft)
metal turbine parts
rapid prototyping
engineering CAE solutions.

Science & Research

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International Collaboration

Hanse Aerospace cluster (aircraft interiors)
Aviation Valley Poland (turbine parts)
Pannon Automotive Cluster (training, quality assurance)

Main Challenges

Shortage of Aerospace engineers (lobbying, communication)
Aircraft certification for our 3 new A/C Prototype ( international collaboration)